United States Trade Dollar Club Limited Edition Book... Anyone ever see a copy?
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10 pages devoted to counterfeits, sounds about right!
I have not seen that book... would be a good one to add to the library. Cheers, RickO
It's been in my library since issued and I have a totally stupid offer on it from a fellow collector whom I mentioned it to a few months ago. I normally don't sell any book unless it's a duplicate and offered to scan, crop, and email it for a nominal charge, but he wants the original and is going nuclear
I would be interested in a photo copy version if willing
11.5$ Southern Dollars, The little “Big Easy” set
Looks like it would be a wonderful read!
I would love to have a copy but the U.S. Trade Dollar Club does say "Not to be copied under penalty of law" on it.
According to Exonumia.com, the U.S. Trade Dollar Club is based in Cleveland at the following address. Is it still running and can someone be contacted there?
http://www.exonumia.com/links2.htm
U.S. TRADE DOLLAR CLUB
3341 Broadview Road, #21
Cleveland, OH 44109
It looks like the researcher, John Lazirko of Parma Heights, Ohio, passed away in 2006, RIP
https://www.geni.com/people/John-Lazirko/6000000001555820360
Ditto. It would seem to be an interesting read and possibly reference...
mbogoman
https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/classic-issues-colonials-through-1964/zambezi-collection-trade-dollars/7345Asesabi Lutho
I would also be interested in a digital copy if one were made. I do already have a physical copy of Lazirko's 'History of: The U.S. Trade Dollar, Issue 1", but this seems to be more comprehensive.
If the publication were formally registered, data on the current copyright owners would be in the LoC database. Otherwise, the Estate of the author would need to be contacted for permission to make a digital edition or distribute photocopies.
Does NNP have a digital copy in their archive?
I think the book likely would be a good read but I have to admit that the constant misuse of apostrophes (or, as the book would write, apostrophe's) would drive me buggy.
TLeverage, Thanks for posting as I've never seen a copy of the earlier History only work.
Could I ask how many pages it is and what date is on the last page?
$7.95 was cheap as the book I posted retailed for $39.95.
The Lazirko printing I have seems to be earlier, dated July '86 on the final page. total of 17 pages. It is a general history, with a surprisingly comprehensive reference to the actual texts of most of the relevant legislation that influenced the Trade Dollar.
Entire description of Chop Marks is as follows: "A means of marking one's possessions. In common use by merchants of Southern China, indicating a coin as theirs or having passed through their hands. Most often a Chinese character; sometimes a design."
Like @RogerB, I would point you in directions other than photocopying, scanning, photographing, or otherwise imaging the book for the purpose of distribution. The author put a lot of work, experience, and personal insight into creating it, and he (or his successors) deserve the courtesy of determining how it's distributed. Follow the copyright trail first! Find out who owns the copyright. They might be willing to release it into the public domain, or arrange for a new printing, or allow some other kind of publication and distribution. That's my two cents!